New Delhi: India’s most successful Test captain Virat Kohli on Saturday announced on Twitter that he has decided to step down as the captain of the Indian cricket team in the Test format. The 33-year-old’s shock announcement comes after Team India’s 2-1 series loss against South Africa in the recently concluded three-match Test series.
Virat Kohli’s stepping down as Test captain officially ended his captaincy in all three formats.
Last year, Virat had decided to step down from Team India’s T20 captaincy after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, following which the BCCI removed him as the ODI captain and named Rohit Sharma as his replacement.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 15 January 2022
Let’s take a look at when and how Virat Kohli left the captaincy of Team India in all three formats-
T20 Captaincy: Virat Kohli announced his decision to step down as T20 captain just before the T20 World Cup on 16 September 2021 on social media. Fans, critics and cricket pundits were left shell-shocked but it did not affect Kohli as he had made up his mind and stepped down from the captaincy after the T20 World Cup. Senior batsman Rohit Sharma has been made India’s T20 captain in place of Virat.
ODI Captaincy: When Virat Kohli announced his decision to step down as the T20 captain of Team India, he expressed his desire to continue as captain in the ODI and Test formats. It was very clear that Virat wanted to continue as India’s captain in the ODI format, but the BCCI had some other plans, as on 9 December 2021, the apex cricket body removed him as the ODI captain, saying Justified the move that they don’t want to separate the captains. White ball format.
An unhappy Virat Kohli vented his anger on BCCI and president Sourav Ganguly in a virtual press conference ahead of the India vs SA Test series. BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly had said that he had not personally asked Virat to step down as India’s T20 captain. However, Virat Kohli revealed at the press conference that “there was no prior communication” and that he was “contacted an hour and a half before the Test squad’s selection for India’s tour of South Africa” regarding his removal as ODI captain. .
Test Captaincy: Virat Kohli, who has played 99 Test matches for India so far, stepped down as Team India’s Test captain on January 15 after the recently concluded three-match Test series against South Africa. Under Virat’s captaincy, Team India not only beat Australia under-under but also rose from seventh place to first place in the ICC Test rankings. It will be quite interesting to see who will replace Virat Kohli as India’s Test captain.
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